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Move over Tour de France -- there's a new biking challenge out there, and on American soil. The inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge kicked off Monday in Colorado Springs, the first city of a multi-city cycling race where 128 of the world's best cyclists compete for another shot of cycling glory -- ...

I have to say that this is one of the most inspirational things I've read in a while: A 100-year-old man from London has become the oldest person to complete a marathon, according to BBC News. Fauja Singh, a former farmer from Punjab in India who emigrated to England in the 1960s, took up running [...